Favorite recipes

mollyjade · **Posted:** Sun Oct 24, 2010 11:50 pm

What are your top five favorite recipes from veg cookbooks? I own a bunch of the cookbooks listed in the favorite cookbooks thread, but some of them I never cook out of. I thought other people might be wondering the same thing.

1. VwaV--lemony corn muffins
2. Vegan Comfort Food--Caesar salad dressing
3. Veganomicon--chickpea cutlets
4. How to Cook Everything--tomato sauce with bay leaves
5. Viva Vegan--red seitan

Edit. These are the recipes that I make over and over again.

kittee · **Posted:** Sun Oct 24, 2010 11:58 pm

this is a great thread! not comprehensive, but off the top of my head:

nonna's italian kitchen: breast of tofu and lemon rosemary breast of tofu. and the pesto.
viva vegan--papusa dough and tamales
vwav--gigantoid pb oatmeal cookies
vegetarian recipes from the middle east and n. africa--spinach pies
uncheese cookbook--fettucine alfonso
veganomicon--smlove pie

xo
kittee

coldandsleepy · **Posted:** Mon Oct 25, 2010 12:05 am

Viva Vegan - SOFRITO, which I put in everything
Viva Vegan - Arroz con Seitan... I could live on this
VWAV - fronch toast!
Veganomicon - Eggplant moussaka... this is a new favorite
One of Joanna's zines - Joanna's Caesar salad with crunchy tempeh croutons

VeganMeredith · **Posted:** Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:50 am

Such a hard question!

1. VWAV - Brooklyn Pad Thai
2. Veganomicon - Snobby Joes (my 12 year old brother LOVED them!)
3. Refresh - Veggie Burgers
4. VCIYCJ - Peanut Apple Pretzel Drops
5. Vegan Brunch - Toasted Coconut Mango Muffins

I have SO many other favorites but these have been hits with both vegans and omnis alike!

mixmaster_mo · **Posted:** Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:22 am

Vcon-Seitan piccata
Viva Vegan-Arroz con Seitan
Viva Vegan-Yellow rice
500 Vegan Recipes-Deep dish pizza crust
VWAV-Pancakes

ETA: I wish I could keep going because most of my favorites are Isa and Terry recipes. Churros and coffee cake and seitan! This was really hard.

bcakes · **Posted:** Mon Oct 25, 2010 3:19 pm

I know that this thread asks for a top 5, but that was too challenging for me. Instead, here are one or two favorite recipes from some of the books I have.

VwaV - falafel (I like to eat it on a Saturday...); pancakes
Vegan Brunch - Chesapeake tempeh cakes
The Everyday Vegan - sweet and sour tofu balls
How It All Vegan - sloppy joes, shephards pie
American Vegan Kitchen - barbeque portabello sandwiches; minestrone soup
VCTOTW- tiramisu cupcakes; lemon macadamia cupcakes
Vegan Table - chana masala
Vegan Soul Kitchen - blackened tofu with succatash salsa
V'con - chocolate chocolate chip cookies; lentil soup with grilled pineapple

Padraigin · **Posted:** Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:26 pm

So hard to pick just 5 !

Chickpea Cutlets – Vcon (made into nuggets for dipping in mustard and agave)
http://www.chow.com/recipes/11364-chickpea-cutlets

Navratna Korma (Vegetables In Cashew Gravy) – Asian Vegan Kitchen
http://www.foodreference.com/html/asstd ... -1008.html

Root Vegetable Pot Pie – Extraveganza
[recipe available in Google Books]

The Best Pumpkin Muffins – VwaV
http://www.veganpeace.com/recipe_pages/ ... uffins.htm

Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake and Tiramisu (a tie, I love them both !) – Urban Vegan Cookbook

coldandsleepy · **Posted:** Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:53 pm

Padraigin wrote:

So hard to pick just 5 !

Chickpea Cutlets – Vcon (made into nuggets for dipping in mustard and agave)
http://www.chow.com/recipes/11364-chickpea-cutlets

This is a great idea. I need to do this!

radish sandwich · **Posted:** Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:03 pm

These are the five recipes I would copy onto recipe cards or a word document if I for some reason had to get rid of all of my cookbooks:

Tofu Scramble from Vegan Brunch
Chocolate Peanut Butter Bombs (or whatever they are called) from VCIYCJ
Peanut Sauce from Moosewood
Falafel from How to Cook Everything Vegetarian.
Marinated Mushrooms from Moosewood

Pretty sure I could live on those five things for quite a while.

The truffles from Eat Drink and Be Vegan almost made it, though. As did the lentil walnut burgers from Moosewood.

VeganMeredith · **Posted:** Mon Oct 25, 2010 11:51 pm

radish sandwich wrote:

These are the five recipes I would copy onto recipe cards or a word document if I for some reason had to get rid of all of my cookbooks:

Tofu Scramble from Vegan Brunch
Chocolate Peanut Butter Bombs (or whatever they are called) from VCIYCJ
Peanut Sauce from Moosewood
Falafel from How to Cook Everything Vegetarian.
Marinated Mushrooms from Moosewood

Pretty sure I could live on those five things for quite a while.

The truffles from Eat Drink and Be Vegan almost made it, though. As did the lentil walnut burgers from Moosewood.

Agree on the chocolate peanut butter bombs or pillows or whatever their name is, they're AMAZING!

radish sandwich · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:39 am

VeganMeredith wrote:

Agree on the chocolate peanut butter bombs or pillows or whatever their name is, they're AMAZING!

You're right, they are pillows! For some reason, I always want to call them bombs.

Daria · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 5:28 am

I have a long way to go before I've actually worked my way through the cookbooks at my disposal, but a few recipes I like are:

Pad Thai from The Vegan Table
Snobby Joes from V'con
Sicilian Collard Greens With Pine Nuts and Cranberries from The Kind Diet

allychristine · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:28 am

Vcon-chickpea cutlets
VWAV-basil pesto
VB-perfect pancakes
VCIYCJ-chocolate chip cookies
VCTOTW-chocolate cupcakes

JOVB-Waffles I

Just the ones that I think of first!

LazySmurf · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 1:05 pm

Viva Vegan- Arepas! (especially with shredded seitan)
Veganomicon- Mid summer corn chowder
Vegan Brunch- Sausages & Greens with almond gravy
Cupcakes- Chai Cupcakes, Earl Grey variation
Yellow Rose- Kasha Varnishkes

coldandsleepy · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 3:30 pm

If I didn't already have a MoFo theme, I'd just go through this thread and make everything I haven't had before. Can you believe I've never had Snobby Joes? I can't.

And LazySmurf, I was just trying to remember what that kasha recipe was called so I could recommend it in the YRR thread. Varnishkes! YUM!

b.vicious · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 4:16 pm

Scrambled Tofu - Vegan Brunch
Italian-style seitan sausages - Vegan Brunch
Cashew Ricotta - Vegan Brunch
Cinnamon rolls - Vegan Brunch
Portabella Feijoada - Viva Vegan

Okay, apparently I like Vegan Brunch a lot! There are several recipes from Vcon that I enjoyed but have only made once so it doesn't seem fair to list them. I made an exception for the VV recipe, though, because holy crepe that was delicious.

blizzful · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:47 pm

This is a great idea. I'll add mine later. Just want it to get more attention.

ismloveyoubobbybrown · **Posted:** Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:16 am

VWAV- tofu scramble, blackout cake
VCON- chickpea cutlets, cashew ricotta
VB- cinnamon rolls, steamed sausages

happy jo · **Posted:** Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:26 am

VCON - hummus, banana bread
VWAV - falafel, coconut cupcakes
ED&BV - balsamic vinaigrette, curry hummus, red pepper almond hummus, simple swiss chard
Yellow Rose - Black Bean Soup, Roasted Roots, Seitan
VCTOW - Cookies & Cream variation of chocolate cupcakes

Mack the Spork · **Posted:** Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:28 am

VwaV - chickpea broccoli casserole (#1 alltime best food!)
Vcon - snobby joes
Vegan Italiano - italian lentils with tomato sauce (or something like that, I forget the exact name)
VCTOTW - coconut lime cupcakes
Vegan Brunch - spinach potato squares

I haven't cooked much lately, it's bumming me out. I should make the recipes I just listed, this week.

jessiegirl · **Posted:** Wed Oct 27, 2010 7:20 pm

VwaV- Tempeh Sausage Crumbles w/ white bean gravy and the baking soda biscuits (3 recipes technically but it combines for one fab meal)
Yellow Rose - The Penne Nofredo
The Joy of Vegan Baking - German Apple Cake - super easy, so delish and loved by everyone.
Vive Le Vegan - Lemon Herb Tofu
VwaV - Curried Split Pea Soup

I'm sure i could list more but these are some of my faves.

oncewerewesties · **Posted:** Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:03 pm

VB cinnamon rolls
VWAV/VB pancakes
Viva Vegan chorizos
Alsl, VWAV gigantoid peanut butter cookies [but made ...not gigantoid] are my husband's absolute favourite thing ever.

bastah · **Joined:** Wed Oct 20, 2010 2:43 pm **Posts:** 2003

-Vegan Vittles --Potato, Tomato, and Cheez Chowder
-Veganomicon --Mushroom-Spinach Lasagna
-Yellow Rose Recipes --Baked Mac and Cheese
-Vive Le Vegan --Chocolate P-Nut Butter Squares
-Vegan Planet --Black Bean Chili with Cilantro Pesto

ShannonLea · **Posted:** Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:58 pm

Yes, definitely too hard to narrow it down to 5. I couldn't quite do it...

Vcon - Coconut Lemon Bundt Cake, Banana Bread, Tamarind Lentils
Vegan Brunch - Chelsea Waffles, Carmelized Onion Quiche, and Puttanesca Scramble
Vegan Comfort Food - Mac and Cheeze
VCIYCJ - Chocolate-bottomed Macaroons, Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Brownies
Eat, Drink & Be Vegan - Roasted Red Pepper and Almond Hummus!
Vegan Lunchbox Around the World - Sour Cream Scones

VeganMeredith · **Posted:** Fri Oct 29, 2010 8:14 pm

ismloveyoubobbybrown wrote:

VWAV- tofu scramble, blackout cake
VCON- chickpea cutlets, cashew ricotta
VB- cinnamon rolls, steamed sausages

I forgot to add the blackout cake from VWAV to my list, absolutely amazing!

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